The raft guy, Dallas Trombley, is running for Assembly

Here’s a profile I wrote for this morning’s paper of Dallas Trombley, a former Assembly staffer who is running a somewhat quixotic race for a seat in that chamber against Assemblyman Pete Lopez, R-Schoharie.

And for his next act, he’s picked something equally quixotic: a self-driven run for Assembly.

“I just can’t get this idea out of my head that in 10 or 15 years, well, what’s this country going to be like?” he told the Times Union. “Now, when people try to get involved, they’re met by either a wall of cynicism or bureaucracy.”

Trombley is not enrolled in a political party, but hopes to petition his way on to the ballot this summer to represent the 102nd Assembly District. The area, which covers Schoharie and Greene counties as well as parts of Albany, Columbia and Delaware counties is currently represented by Assemblyman Pete Lopez, R-Schoharie.